The dynamics of art as therapy with adolescents / by Bruce L. Moon.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moon, Bruce L., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art therapy for teenagers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (309 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Springfield, Illinois : Charles C. Thomas, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new and timely second edition, updated with an expanded discussion of arts-based processes and heartfelt client narratives, continues in the trajectory of the first, promising to shape and provide guidance to both current and next generation of art therapists in the studio-based approach to working with a challenging and often maligned population. It continues to offer much in the way of guidance, motivation, and practical advice around the use of art making as the central curative component when developing therapeutic relationships with hurt and troubled teens. The author's initial focus

Contents:

Preface; Foreword to the First Edition by David Henley; Introduction by Rebecca Beers-Miller; Introduction to the First Edition by Sandra Schoenholtz; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Chapter I. Art as Therapy with Adolescents; Chapter II. Adolescent Development and Art; Chapter III. The Adolescent's Metaphoric Perspective; Chapter IV. The Artist as Therapist with Adolescents; Chapter V. The Problem of Interpretation in AdolescentArt Therapy; Chapter VI. Relating to Adolescents' Artworks; Chapter VII. More Than Words Can Say; Chapter VIII. The Four Phases of Adolescent Art Therapy

Chapter IX. The Structure of the Therapeutic Arts StudioChapter X. Six Recurrent Features of the Adolescent ArtTherapy Journey; Chapter XI. Art as Therapy in Adolescent Groups; Chapter XII. Portraits of the Curative Aspects of Art as Therapyin Adolescent Groups; Chapter XIII. Art as Therapy with Adolescents' Families; Chapter XIV. Last Things; References; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-398-08749-0

OCLC:

785811736